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An Alternative Form of These United States: Iowa City Daily News Links, August 5
A quick rundown of local news.
I could go for some more rain please.
What can I say, I'm greedy.
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Erin Jordan of the Gazette has a nice article on the alternative form of government that received national attention after Randi Shannon left her Marion state senate race to join it.
Diane Heldt of the Gazette writes that the future of the Iowa School for the Deaf is uncertain.
Mitchell Schmidt of the Iowa City Press-Citizen has an overview of the damage caused by Typhoon 2012 as it blew through the Iowa City area yesterday. In other news: Rain, yes!
Tara Bannow of the Press-Citizen writes about a company requesting a study to ascertain the feasibility of building hydropower at the Coralville Dam.
Bannow also writes that Johnson County farmers are trying to decide whether or not to turn their parched crops into grazing areas.
As a sign of the times in modern day college athletics, the Iowa Hawkeyes have to work to continue the recruits they've already recruited.
Mitt Romney is upping his ground game in Iowa, likely meaning he still thinks he's got a good shot here. (Des Moines Register)
Sarah Palin is visiting a Bruce Rastetter party in Iowa tonight. I wonder if David Goodner knows about this. (Des Moines Register)
Daily Links Excerpt of the Day
Johnson County’s first substantial rainfall in weeks came less like a gentle shower and more like a punch in the gut.
The area was pounded Saturday afternoon with hard rain and strong wind gusts as about 1.8 inches of rain fell on Iowa City in a little more than an hour’s time.
“It is certainly very heavy rainfall over a short period of time,” said Mike McClure, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities. Areas farther north such as Cedar Rapids were hit much harder, McClure said.
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